Another New Year Resolutions

It's gonna be a new year in a few hours time. Time to reflect, appreciate and welcome the new year with adjustments!

Year 2010 was like going on a roller-coaster ride for me. Since 1994 I have never cried that hardly until this year when my relationship failed. Because of this, I had thoughts and feelings that I have never expected myself to experience. However, I grew stronger in it. With the help of friends like Vinny & Mezzo Melz who always shower me with inspiring and motivating phrases, I started to see light to the issue that I once thought would put an end to how I continue my life.

Of course, thanks to my determination too, I slowly re-opened myself and started doing and planning things that I have always wanted to every day, as though I wont be living the next day. It was tiring but I was really happy. I was thankful to Toby He, who never failed to join in my plans. It could be because of our common interests that made both of us closer. =))

Then I changed my job. Another step closer to my career interest. I got into an educational industry and was thrilled when I know that there's now a 'specialised diploma' in Food Science and Nutrition, a course I wanted so much to pursue in my Polytechnic days.

......... Now to the 2011 New Year Resolutions Adjustments.

♪ To have a work-life balance, organise them in such a way that I will feel every day was being utilised meaningfully.
♪ To explore around the world, be it places in or outside Singapore.
♪ To continue my exercise schedule for a healthier body.
♪ To take note and improve on my diet for a healthier body too.
♪ To enrich myself by taking up courses to my interest.
♪ To be good and caring for Baby Justin. ^^

Eve to 2011!

The eve to year 2011, I...

♪ received a red scarf
♪ helped 2 old China couple
♪ strolled home from Dover

and Sinister Tan was in the picture for all the above. =)

He got me a red scarf from Nepal specially for my trip. He wanted to surprise me by coming to my place right after he arrive Singapore's airport on Christmas eve (it was just about an hour before Christmas), but I re-scheduled the date. He was down with stomach virus the day before we agreed to meet and this LS-ing, vomiting and fever persisted for a few days. Seeing him in pain, I suggested going to his place nearby instead. This was when I was touched by his kind intentions.

"Dont need.. Jurong is your sad area =))"

When I read this message, I was so touched can? T_T

Thank you Sinister Aaluoos Tan!! =D

And that's my simple last day of 2010.

^_^

This shot by Fishball made my day after a quarrel with BD.

Junior? Jasper?

I dreamt of Junior the night before I went for Baby Ezann's shower. Junior was running around with a piece of chicken in the playground below my place. *misses*

With the help of Adrian and his GPS, we managed to get to Fiona's residence. Many familiar faces from ACL brings back memories to me. Daniel, one of the ex-colleagues that I only befriend days before I left the company greeted me warmly like a long lost friend. =) Baby Ezann is such an angel~ She was sleeping so soundly and she looks so adorable!

Then I spotted one very cheeky face looking at me when I went into the living room. Mimi the timid baby girl dog/girlfriend of the Papa dog (there is some incest going on~) was looking at me with her innocent eyes! And while playing with her, I spotted another very quiet face below the majong table. Jasper!

One look at him and Junior's images flashed through me. I immediately asked whether he is a Maltese-Shihtzu (I know not all dogs who look like Junior is this mixed breed, but I just wanted to affirm my guess) and Fiona's brother affirmed this! Jasper is especially calm. To my surprise, he came wagging his tail at me when I called out to him. He even laid on my thighs and sat butt to butt with me every time I enter the living room.

 He was so quiet below the Majong table...

 Struggling and opening his mouth for the first time in his Grandpa's arm when I waved & said "bye bye" to him, as though wanting to tell me "don't leave~" =(

I felt a sense of acceptance from him. =)

Christmas Eve!

Christmas Eve is half day! or rather, party day for Finance!

We had our annual Christmas Party and seeing all the kids coming in in the morning, all of us basically are not in the mood for work! It's my first time having a department's Christmas Party and I had fun playing games, taking pictures of the lovely deco, food, presents and kids.

I won prizes for 2 of the games, and gave the presents to the kids. But one of the colleagues rejected my gifts saying "我的宝贝有很多了，有心就好。" =) And her kids were smiling at their simple hand-made gifts, which compared to the other kids, I really felt "simple & contented" in their smile. =)

There were lucky draws too, and I was called to received the 1st consolation prize. This is what I call "beginners' luck". =D Reminds me of my Polytechnic's prom night, when I won a consolation prize too.

Continued my 2nd half of the day shopping with my lovely twins, Jan. We went shopping for her boyfriend's Christmas present and Baby Ezann's shower present. So looking forward to the baby shower this Sunday! ^-^

Lunch reunion

9th August 1985, the day we "met".
5th January 1998, the day we reunite.

He was my "boyfriend" for 2 years.
He was always teasing my swimming skills.
He, together with Sinister Tan, always abuses me with force.

We parted 2 years later and today, we reunite once again!

If not for facebook and SP, we wouldn’t have gotten back the “good” old days we had together. With his invitation and my acceptance, we had a great lunch today.

Reminiscing our Secondary school days and sharing with each other the impacting incidents we had in the parting 10 years. It was awesome, and I’m looking forward to more of such meet-ups with my friends.

=)

Merry Christmas!

It's gonna be Christmas in 4 days! This Christmas will be a busy one for me, at home. Cleaning my room for the New Year, preparing BD's Christmas & New Year present (our first time "celebrating"), and browsing through my travel checklist for any last minute purchases.

Had a lovely, fun, wonderful and completely awesome Christmas exchange with the 老家伙们 and here are the exciting results for the lucky draws!

♪ Ah Bui ------- Hazey's ♪

♪ Ah Mel ------ Ah Bui's ♪

♪ Alice --------- Toby He's ♪

♪ Baby --------- Alice's ♪

♪ Didi ---------- Baby's ♪

♪ Hazey -------- Me's ♪

♪ Jessica ------- Ah Mel's ♪

♪ Me ----------- Didi's ♪

♪ Toby He ----- Jessica's ♪

We had our "Turkey" feast at 313's Brotzeit and it is a wonderful dining place! Though we spent about $45 per person for the meal, we had quality time together!

The exchange "ceremony" was at Orchard Central's Ben & Jerry's and did some photo-shooting thereafter. To mark the wonderful night, we "did up" a special Music Video starring Scott Law Ah Bui!! *drums rolling*

The annual Christmas exchange we always look forward to...

My "humsome" Didi!!

The 2 老家伙们 who always do the kind deed compromising me...

The female 老家伙们...

The last shot of the night... A retard, humsome, blurry, itchy-hand & the 2 debating behind...

I simply miss them SO dearly and can't help but shed some tears of happiness and misses when we say our goodbyes, for now.

"Ken Nee"

Receiving the news of baby Justin's Chinese name, the family went into a commotion of the daughters' names.

My original name was 'Ken Nee' and according to some Master that my dad heard from, it wasn't a great name. So I am now 'Shuin Dee'. My dad wanted to give us Christian names for 'Shuin Nee' and 'Shuin Dee' as 'Serene' and 'Cindy' respectively, but we ended up calling ourselves 'Vernette' and 'Denise'.

Mom was all excited and went to dig out the "star" in the family, me.

I was all over the newspapers in around my birthdate, and was even in Channel 5's 4.15pm's show. According to my mom, my sis was jealous of my fame and now I know why I got this permanent bump on the back of my head, which according to her, it was an accident caused by her and one of my cousins while playing with me. "Accident" huh? =x

 [Quote]About 10 minutes later, another National Day baby, this time a girl, was born..[Unquote]

[Quote] Size Small, Ch 5, 4.15pm...new addition to a family shows how parental love helps an older child accept this potential rival [Unquote]

[Anthony Neely] Sorry That I Loved You

I cried listening to the lyrics. Sinister Tan's words kept ringing in my head. I should heed his advice after all. =)



For all of the time that i tried for your smile
For making you think that i was worth the while
So your love love love love love would be mine
For sending you flowers and holding your hand
That no one was there to take a stand
But then love love love made us blind
And I’m so sorry that I hurt you
Sorry that I fell through
Sorry i was falling in love with you
I’m sorry that it came true
But sorry doesn’t turn back time
For all that i have done to you
I wish that i could make it right
So sorry that i loved you
Sorry that i needed you
Sorry that i hold you tight
And I’m So sorry for...
Making you love me and saying goodbye
For being the one that taught you how to cry
It was love love love and it passed us by
For giving you every thing that you dreamed
For taking it back when i fled the scene
sorry love,for wasting your time
And I’m so sorry that I hurt you
Sorry that I fell through
Sorry i was falling in love with you
I’m sorry that it came true
But sorry doesn’t turn back time
For all that i have done to you
I wish that i could make it right
I’m so sorry that i loved you
Sorry that i needed you
Sorry that i hold you tight
And apology now after all of this time
Won’t make my difference tonight
But I’m hoping I’m Sorry will open your mind
To love love love love in your life
Sorry that i hurt you
Sorry that i fell through
Sorry i was falling in love with you
I’m sorry that it came true
But sorry doesn’t turn back time
For all that i have done to you
I wish that i could make it right
So sorry that i hurt you
Sorry that i fell through
Sorry i was falling in love with you
I’m sorry that it came true
But sorry do can’t turn back time
I’m sorry that i loved you
I’m sorry that i hurt you
I’m so sorry that i loved you
I’m sorry that i hurt you
Sorry that i loved you

Sinister from Nepal!

So great to see a familiar chatbox popping out from the corner of my screen. Sinister Tan is still at Nepal and he's only half way through his exciting and adventurous journey over there! It's really tempting when I hear a little part of the activities he did so far. He have more for him to explore and experience!

Waiting for my next year travelling partner to return seriously!!

BLUE MONDAY

A tiring weekend results in a bluey Monday.

Last week has been pretty exhausting for me. An exhausted brain, body and I’m not feeling very healthy.

[Work] I’ve settled the $0.01 & $0.75, but here comes another big amount which I’ve re-do it for about 5 times?! Apart from that, more job responsibilities coming up. My every day is so occupied.

[Uni Gathering] Indulged ourselves in a scrumptious dinner at Raffles City’s Sushi Tei accompanied with the horrifying, image-less craziness and laughter generated by 4 ladies~ totally enjoyed this kind of once in a blue moon gathering. =D

[Travelling preparations] Never knew preparation work to a cold country will be that tedious and I wasn’t very enthusiastic in getting the stuff because this means a bigger hole in my small pocket. Nevertheless, it was fun trying on the coats even though I didn’t buy any (thanks to Sam) and winter accessories. BD was so thrilled with the winter wear and this is real CGN for a guy.

[Christmas Shopping] Due to budget and time constraints, I only managed to buy 4 and I’m left with 2! I brought back whole loads of Christmas presents home, BUT they’re not for me or for my friends! BD pushed all his presents to me for wrapping. BIG sweat!


[Food Indulgence] With cheap McDonalds’ in Campus is really BAD. Temptations to have a good and satisfying breakfast on every Fridays (Friday is Happy day!) is going stronger. Sushi Tei with Uni girlfriends (yah I know I’ve mentioned), Korean food & Paradise Inn supper with PIL girlfriends, Aijisen & MOF with BD. And that’s to why I’m feeling unhealthy.

[何维健] 当我知道你们相爱

I ♥ this! Looking at Derrick's new hairstyle, I see Sinister Tan in him. ^-^
This song is fabulous and catchy to the ear! So proud studying in the same school as him and seeing him in person during our schooling days!

Proverbs 10:26

"As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy man to those who send him."

Lazy people do not have many friends because lazy people are irritating. True friendship consists of a loving relationship. True friends give freely of themselves because they want to and not just to get something in return. Lazy people are not givers. They are freeloaders and takers. A lazy person cannot have any true friends because a lazy person values not working more than having a friend.

Shoes, and a cute colleague.

*Flipping the newspaper together*

“BATA Sales!”
“You bought your shoes at BATA?”
“Some~”
“Is the one you’re wearing now from BATA?”
“Yups ^-^”
“What about the grey one you always wear?”
“And the black one”
“Oh, they’re from Far East.”
“I don’t buy expensive shoes~”
“BATA is cheap ah?”
“The ones I bought are cheap ^-^y”
“Oh~ your shoes look comfy. I always see you walking in front of me like very 轻飘飘”
“Wonder whether the men shoes are also like yours”
“You wanna wear my shoes?!”
“No! I mean comfy shoes like yours~”
“Wait a minute, you’re observing the shoes I wear?!”

*runs aways*

-__- That’s my colleague.